We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.


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Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow.
There is too much I ...
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You die, I die too.
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Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe...
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I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne...
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Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.
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Why is your heart racing Tris?
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You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't...
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Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training."
Since when does "overseei...
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I'll be your family now," he says.
"I love you," I say. (....)
He stares at me. I wait wi...
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People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something ab...
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Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua...
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I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.
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In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.
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All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can...
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I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave ...
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Simulation Tobias kisses my neck.

I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take...
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He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and...
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Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ...
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Resisting is worth doing.
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Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all.
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I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
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One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.
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I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of...
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It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without...
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One choice can transform you.
One choice can destroy you.
Once choice will define you.
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It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please...
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Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most...
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My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.
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And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experien...
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He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ...
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Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried ...
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Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something."
"Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h...
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You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?'
'I couldn'...
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I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea...
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe...
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Now i remember why I chose Dauntless. Not because they were brave or anything. But because they were...
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The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over.
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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.
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But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters ...
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